News & Articles

• WordPress Upgrades and You (tech.ipstenu.org)
  The auto upgrade tool will never be 100% perfect and that's really ok.
• How to Setup Your Own Nginx Powered WordPress Server (wpmu.org)
  Great tutorial on getting you started with nginx and WordPress. Don't use this if you have little experience with managing servers, but it's great for testing and playing around.
• Daily Tip: Use Keyboard Shortcuts for WordPress Comment Moderation (wpmu.org)
  Did you realize that you can use keyboard shortcuts to help you moderate comments on your site?
• Making The Most Of The WordPress.org Website (wpmu.org)
  If you hadn’t fully explored the site until recently you will be pleasantly surprised by the wealth of useful information within.
• Nivo Slider: The Story So Far (gilbert.pellegrom.me)
  Gilbert Pellegrom, the developer of the Nivo Slider, has shared his experience selling the Nivo Slider WordPress plugin he released about 6 months ago.
• Plugin authors can now add custom header images to their WordPress.org listings (wpcandy.com)
  The eagle-eyed among you might have noticed a few tweaks to WordPress.org plugin pages the last twelve hours or so. As it turns out, Matt Mullenweg announced on the WordPress development blog that plugin developers now have control over custom headers on their WordPress.org plugin pages.
• WordPress for Android 2.0 is here, plus a new site design (wpcandy.com)
  It’s been a while in the works, but WordPress for Android 2.0 has finally been released.
• The WPCandy Awards are now accepting nominations (wpcandy.com)
  Nominations are now open. This year there will be handing out sixteen different awards ranging from Best New Theme to Best New WordPress Service to Most Devoted WordCamper.
• Pre-order WPCandy Quarterly #1 ()
  If you’re a WordPress enthusiast, I highly recommend pre-ordering issue #1 of the WPCandy Quarterly, a print magazine for WordPress aficionados.
• WordPress in 2012 (www.woothemes.com)
  Remember when WooThemes published a survey asking what WordPress users are hoping for out of WordPress? Approximately 2,000 people responded, and the WooThemes team has put together a large report graphic with the results.
• Dear Drupal: Season’s Greetings. Love, Smashing WordPress. (wp.smashingmagazine.com)
  Drupal Is Better Than WordPress and in the same way WordPress Is Better Than Drupal.
• Why WordPress Has Fewer Options, Not More (www.wptavern.com)
  Jeffro from WPTavern discusses Fewer Options vs. More Options in WordPress.

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Plugin News

• The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Perfect WordPress Plugins (wplift.com)
  A few steps on selecting the perfect plugin for your WordPress site.
• 7 WordPress Christmas Plugins to Brighten Your Site (wpmu.org)
  As Christmas approaches, some people like to add a little holiday flair to their site without completely switching to a different theme. If that’s your case, then one of these Christmas plugins may be just what you’re looking for.
• Stop Your Clients From Deactivating Important WordPress Plugins (wpmu.org)
  There’s nothing worse than a client stumbling through their WordPress installation and messing with things they don’t understand.
• Plugin authors can now add custom header images to their WordPress.org listings (wpcandy.com)
  As it turns out, Matt Mullenweg announced on the WordPress development blog that plugin developers now have control over custom headers on their WordPress.org plugin pages.
• Announcing: the one-click database restore (blog.vaultpress.com)
  You can now perform a one-click database restore right from your VaultPress dashboard.

Theme Releases

Generate (www.studiopress.com)	Jumper (themesorter.com)	Duet (themesorter.com)
Bruan (themesorter.com)	Mission Control (themesorter.com)	Scribe (themesorter.com)
Bek and Olya (www.woothemes.com)

Theme News

• Free Themes vs. Premium Themes – The Big Debate (wplift.com)
  The Pro's and Con's of free and payed WordPress themes.
• Download the Genesis Guide for Absolute Beginners (Free PDF) (www.studiopress.com)
  The team here at StudioPress has put together a basic guide for you on how to navigate Genesis (as well as a good bit of WordPress), and get your site going right out of the box.
• 9 Free Christmas Themes For Your WordPress v3.3 Blog (wpmu.org)
  You should be well into the swing of the Christmas spirit by now, but is that reflected in your WordPress blog? It’s never too late to celebrate the true spirit of Christmas by digital means, and I have done all of the legwork for you by selecting 10 of the best Christmas WordPress themes available.

Tutorials

• Adding Custom Fields to WordPress User Profile (wpengineer.com)
  The user profile of WordPress can be fairly easily adapted to add your own values​​. So you can add the necessary fields according to your requirements.
• Register Settings on WordPress Multisite (wpengineer.com)
  This small article you'll learn how you set settings in the database when you activate a Plugin to work with Multisite.
• WordPress constants overview (wpengineer.com)
  In the backend of WordPress you don't have an input field for each possible modification. Some are only available via an action or a filter and for some changes you need to define or change a PHP constant. In this article you have listed all constants which WordPress has by nature.
• The Magic of WP_User (scribu.net)
  A tutorial about the new WP_User from WordPress 3.3
• Customize WordPress With Four Easy-To-Add Scripts (www.1stwebdesigner.com)
  Modify WordPress with ease: image gallery in a few posts, a syntax highlighter for your tutorial category or a demo page for your tutorials.
• Manage All Your WordPress Sites From One Place: Meet ManageWP (www.1stwebdesigner.com)
  Those of you who manage more than one WordPress blog will be more or less familiar with the management problems multiple blogs can create. Installing new plugins, updating platforms, keeping an eye on the posts – it’s getting pretty inconvenient if you’ve got couple of active blogs.
• Create A Product Listing With Infinite Categories Using Custom Post Types (wp.tutsplus.com)
  In this tutorial you’re going to leverage the power of custom post types, taxonomies, and custom loops to create a dynamic products listing.
• How to Disable the Admin Bar in WordPress 3.3 (wp.tutsplus.com)
  With the release of version 3.3 we no longer are given the option to disable the admin-bar in the Admin section.
• How To Remove (Or Change) “Private” Or “Protected” From WordPress Post Titles Dec20 (www.viper007bond.com)
  If you make a post private in WordPress, the post’s title with be prefixed with “Private”. The same will happen if you password protect the post, although it will be prefixed with “Protected”. If you’d like to remove these, just add the following code to your theme’s functions.php file.
• Stop hyperlinking images! (andrewnorcross.com)
  By default, WordPress will set the link to any image that you upload to the file itself. That’s great if you’re using some sort of LightBox setup, but 99% of the time you aren’t.